Re: A Real Hospital Cyber Attack

Feb 12, 2006 0 Replies
[ snip of AP article ]


At least 13,000 computers were infected in the January 2005 attack on


> Northwest Hospital, a 187-bed nonprofit facility in Seattle,
> prosecutors said. They said lives were endangered, and computer
> repairs cost about $150,000.

While most of the story sounds legitimate, I did a doubletake when looking at those numbers above.


The hospital has 187 beds, yet 13,000 computers. Say what?


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